Hello, iNaturalist users! I’m a full-stack/software developer who has been using iNaturalist on the side for a couple of years now. I decided to put my interests together and cook up a website that would allow users to practice identifying organisms (in particular, their taxonomic classifications; e…

This is a neat idea and a fun challenge for practicing ID skills! I tried it with a mammal quiz (at which I failed miserably) and a quiz on U.S. Clerids (at which I did quite well), and I agree with the earlier comments about making common names and genus-level IDs count for credit. It would also b…

I’ve released some small changes about an hour ago that should address some suggestions so far: The test results page includes a hyperlink to the observation now, next to the taxon name. Picture below. I might rethink how it should look down the line to be more clear. cc @robotpie @WeeCorbie I add…

Levenshtein distance is fine, but I think it should only be used to make true/false evaluations of your answer - making the distance itself part of the score makes it a spelling test, not an identification test. I would also make it case-insensitive and aware of all the possible names of a species …

Yes, I did the same thing a couple of times and almost did it several more times (over several games). Giving “submit” a coloured background might help too.

[Screenshot (33)] This photograph has Ruddy Shelduck (the correct answer), Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea, which is the tall, long-necked one) and most probably Eurasian Spoonbill . I entered the name Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron, because it was closest) but the correct answer was Tadorna ferruginea (Ruddy…

Great fun! A bit complicated when it comes to dealing with the problems though, from the sound of it. Some things I noticed: it isn’t always possible to identify to species with just the one photo shown - some of the observations must have had more photos originally it would be useful to be a…

It would be nice if we could sacrifice points to get clues. Sometimes I know the name but can’t drag it out of the dusty recesses of my brain without a bit of help. I do much better with multiple choice questions. Or a hangman style game where each subsequent wrong letter loses more points. Sometim…

This is so cool!! Amazing work.

Love it! Will be sharing with my students to encourage careful IDs. Thank you and great work!

Another point is that sometimes I may remember synonyms eg. genus Cigaritis vs Spindasis, which penalized me greatly.

"Taxonia", an iNaturalist-based taxonomy quiz

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corunastylis April 1, 2025, 6:42am 52

I’ve noticed that you can have extra letters and still get a perfect score, but if you miss a letter you won’t get a perfect score.

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"Taxonia", an iNaturalist-based taxonomy quiz

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